Improved mirror



PATENT OFFICE..

P. A. DAILEY, OF NEW YORK, Y.

IMPRovED MIRROR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,723, dated July 3l, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, P. A. DAILEY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mirror and I do hereby declare th at the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in so constructing l'lie frames to hand-mirrors of metal or other suitable material that they may be readily inserted or removed from the frames, together with the backs, and are also constructed in-such a manner that there is no possibility of the frame springing Vor warping or in any manner getting out of order and breaking the glass..

The per cent. in loss by breakage by the springing and warping of' the wooden frames to hand-mirrors has been so great that many dealers have refused to deal in them.

It more particularly consists in combining the rim or frame with the handle and back of the glass by means of a screw-thread made on the shank of the frame and corresponding screw-threads made in a socket at the lower end of the handle.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction.

The ligure represents a top-plan view of my improved frame, with a portion of the handle broken out so as to show the screw-threads by which the handle is attached to the frame.

A represents the handle of my improved frame with a portion of thelower end removed for the purpose of showing the manner by which it is attached to the frame. The saidv handle A may be made of any kind of fancy wood, hard rubber, or any other suitable material, the lower end of which may be provided witha ferrule forthe purpose of giving strength and utility to the socket, the said soeketbeing provided with a screw-thread, into which fits a corresponding screw-thread upon the shank of the frame, as seen at B.

C represents the frame, which is made of any of the metals suitable for such purposes, upon the inside of which is a groove of sufti cient capacity to admit the glass D and back E.

Now, it will be understood that as the rim of the frame is bent round in a circle, ellipse, or other form, the ends that meet .are formed into a sort of shank, upon which is out a screw-thread, as represented at B, which tits into a corresponding thread in the end of the handle A, and by means of which theglass and back are firmly secured within the groove without any liability of the glass breaking by the' warping of the frame.

Having thus described myinventioml claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti The combination of the handle A with the metal frame C, glass, and back, when constructed Vas and for the purposes and substantially as described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 12th day of June, 1866.

P. A. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

